The new Baltimore baseball stadium in 1992 cost $110 million. Maybe that is $200 million or more in today’s money. What kind of gold plating will it have to cost $3 billion?
Back a long time ago when I would quote jobs in Chicago you had to put 10% bribe money into your quote.
Plus you have to deal with Ironworkers local #1.
What kind of gold plating will it have to cost $3 billion?
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The UNION kind. I saw a figure yesterday of $$4.7 billion. If the Bears and the City of Chicago are going to pay for it, that’s one thing. I live 90 miles from there. I’m a lifelong Bears fan, but I’ll bet dollars to donuts that Pritzger and the Illinois democrats raise our taxes here to help pay for it. I’ve never attended a game there-it’s just too expensive. I can’t imagine what tickets are going to cost.
I’m also a Cubs fan, and I can’t watch any of their games because the Ricketts family who owns them also owns The Marquee network that televises their games. I don’t have Comcast (Xfinity) for tv anymore it’s too expensive. Either I pay for Xfinity, or I pay for the Marqee Network. Or I don’t watch them.
It’s all about money. Us peons don’t even get to watch unless we pay extra.